- Joan Iwuchukwu
Team Nigeria hauled as many as four Gold medals, on an eventful Day 3 of the 2nd edition of the African Military Games (AMGA 2024), with all the four Gold medals coming from Taekwondo.
The strong showing of the Nigerian Taekwondo fighters, at the Velodrome in Package B of the MKO Abiola Stadium was also the highlight of Day 3 results, released by the games Technical and Monitoring team.
The day featured a handful of games, including Archery, Boxing, Basketball, shooting, Squash, Taekwondo and Wrestling; at designated venues, within the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja.
The Gold medals were won by Mohammed Yusuf – men’s 54kg, Bisallah Rejoice – women’s 46kg, Ibeh Nancy – women’s 49 kg; and Chinenye Anam Glory – women’s 53 kg.
Speaking with newsmen at the venue, a visibly elated Tunisian, Atui Saidi expressed his joy after (in Arabic), for making it to the podium, as a Gold medalist.
Meanwhile Team Nigeria lost to Cameroon 77 -57 in women’s basketball earlier played in the day. Both teams will file out again tomorrow Saturday 22nd of November in reverse fixtures since they are the only representing team from both countries, to the determine who picks the gold medal.
